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Opal Champion

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Oracle Printed

Card Name:

Opal Champion

Mana Cost:

Mana Value:

Types:

Enchantment

Card Text:

When one of your opponents successfully casts a creature spell, if Opal Champion is an enchantment, Opal Champion becomes a 3/3 creature with first strike that counts as a Knight.

Expansion:

Urza's Legacy

Rarity:

Common

Card Number:

Artist:

Edward P. Beard, Jr.

Language:

English

Rulings

10/4/2004	It triggers when the spell is cast, so it becomes a creature before the spell resolves. A creature that would destroy an enchantment when it enters can't be used to destroy this card, since it will no longer be an enchantment when the creature enters.
10/4/2004	When it turns into a creature, it is no longer an enchantment.
10/4/2004	It changes into a creature even if the spell is countered.
4/1/2008	A "creature spell" is any spell with the type Creature, even if it has other types such as Artifact or Enchantment. Older cards of type Summon are also Creature spells.
8/1/2008	A noncreature permanent that turns into a creature can attack, and its abilities can be activated, only if its controller has continuously controlled that permanent since the beginning of their most recent turn. It doesn't matter how long the permanent has been a creature.